Articles By: lauraw
Drinking Soda with a Straw and Other Feminine Norms in Jordan
By lauraw on February 22, 2011I was handed a very narrow can and a bendy straw. I knew the soda was Pepsi–that was the easy part. The hard part was trying to open the can. It seemed to be a normal pop tab, where you flip it and push, but was not. Instead I grabbed the tab and waited. I
Ahlan wa Sahlan – Home of Hospitality, Hijabs and Heat
By lauraw on October 27, 2010Ahlan wa Sahlan! Welcome to Jordan! These words are ubiquitous, seeming to rise from nowhere and suddenly surrounding you, engulfing you in both a wave of hospitality and strange sense of unease

